| dc.contributor.author | Tripp, Dean Andrew. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:33:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2001 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ66679 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55811 | |
| dc.description | This research examined the scale validation and clinical application of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) in athletes. The aim of Study 1 was to test for factorial invariance between an athletic and non-athletic population for the PCS (i.e., Helplessness, Rumination, & Magnification). Participants completed the PCS and a sport/activity questionnaire. The PCS was shown to be statistically invariant across athletic and non-athletic samples. The purpose of Study 2 was to examine the PCS in predicting athletes' pain responses with experimental pain. Participants completed the PCS and a cold-water immersion task (2--4°C) for one minute, providing verbal pain ratings. Athletes reported less pain than non-athletes, men reported less pain than women, and catastrophizing significantly predicted pain for athletes. These findings suggest that athletes who catastrophize about pain will experience greater pain. Study 3 examined the relation between pain, pain catastrophizing, and functional disability in a sample of athletes following knee surgery in a prospective design. Catastrophizing was associated with greater post-op pain, Rumination was the lone significant psychological predictor of pain at 24 and 48-hours post-op, and Helplessness was the lone predictor of pain while resting at the 8-weeks post-op. Catastrophizing was not a predictor of disability but at 24-hours post-op predicted pain at 48-hours, and 48-hour catastrophizing predicted disability at 8-weeks post-op. These findings suggest that catastrophizing is a significant factor in pain for athletes following ACL surgery. Studies 1,2,3 show that catastrophizing is a significant factor in pain for athletes in experimental and clinical situations. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2001. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health Sciences, Recreation. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Clinical. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Psychometrics. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Physiological. | en_US |
| dc.title | Pain catastrophizing in athletic individuals: Scale validation and clinical application. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
